Social Media Down Globally
People around the world, including India, got bogged down on Wednesday evening when the services of Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram were suddenly stuck. People used Twitter to share their experiences. On the way all the people gathered on Twitter to keep their views, a user wrote. “The breakdown of social media is the only way to unite the world”. The services of Facebook Down, Instagram and WhatsApp Down were not completely closed, but some of their features were having problems. People had to face difficulties in sending photographs, videos, files and update stories on WhatsApp, Instagram. Only text messages were being exchanged. This breakdown of social media apps really affected the lives of people who almost spend 70% of their time on social media for information, interest, or time pass. Some changes occurred and made the users realized how social media have taken over their life after the breakdown of WhatsApp Down, Instagram, and Facebook :
WhatsApp Down, Instagram Down, and Facebook Down:
1. Life Outside the social media
- The breakdown of social media servers made the audience realized that social media is only meant for creating. Sharing and viewing information, photos, and videos.
- Social media ruined the ability of interaction, communication, and confidence in real life.
- Addiction to social media disturbs personal lives as well also waste individual time that could have been utilized by productive tasks and activities.
2. Diminished the power of understanding and thoughts
- Although the breakdown was for only 12 hours, its effects made the users realized that how much they rely on social apps for information.
- Language of social media is quite different from the normal one which affects the understanding level of an individual.
- “What we see is what we believe” affected our thinking level and power of creative thoughts.
3. Addiction cause Stress
- Users who are addicted to social media faced the phase of stress and depression already.
- Being a human we have feelings, expectations, and feeling of curiosity knowing what others are posting. Where they are, what they think?
- The disappointment after viewing the replay button every photo and story were quite disturbing. Who is addicted to this suffered a lot?
The fix was rolled out after nearly 12 hours. Social media apps are a part of beneficial technology and brought a lot of advantages for the society but this breakdown made us realize that social media addiction can cause several difficulties and should be accessed limited.